Emulex TC02 and Qualstar Tape Drive

At 07:13 PM 7/6/2004, you wrote: I always wanted to have a reel to reel tape drive and now I have one. The mistake I made was not checking google before opening my mouth. I found out that the TC02 does not work in Vax with VMS > 4.x, however I did put the TC02 into a PDP11/53 and got it to work. This was not easy since the only cables I have were about 18 inches long so the tape drive had to be right next to the BA23 chassis and I only have one!!!! tape and no write ring. So I used tape in place of a write ring and got the PDP to actually see the tape and Init it under RT11 and read and write to it. What a great feeling to see the tape move! Aren't old computers fun!!!??? Any advice on cables? I need 50 pin card edge on the tape side and 50 pin IDC on the TC02 side, the DQ3153 wants 50 pin male Centronics connectors instead of IDC. What's a good place to order parts? Doug